# 18 - The Cherry Blossoms Must Fall Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/G6NQ9PX36/basilisk--the-ouka-ninja-scrolls)
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**[00:00] [SONG] ---**
    We look the same, but men call us monsters.

    If we shadows, which lurk
    between eras, are destined to die,

    then I shall fall with the cherry blossoms.
    Then, I shall fall with the cherry blossoms.
***SIGN***    The Cherry Blossoms Must Fall
**[02:06] Gu**
    You don't believe me?
**[02:09] Gu**
    Iemitsu-sama shared with me,
    a man of low station,
**[02:13] Gu**
    his happy memories of his childhood with you.
**[02:21] Gu**
    Enough, scum...
**[02:25] Gu**
    Would you please stop lying?
**[02:29] Gu**
    The shogun would never say such a thing.
**[02:34] Gu**
    What?
**[02:35] Gu**
    It's likely he is simply repeating
    what he heard from Tenkai.
**[02:43] Gu**
    But everything he said was true...
**[02:47] Gu**
    And Tenkai wasn't there then.
**[02:51] Gu**
    Only my brother and I.
**[02:55] Gu**
    Was it really just the two of you?
**[02:59] Gu**
    Were there not many servants
    and women around you?
**[03:48] Gu**
    So he's come?
**[03:51] Gi**
    Hachirou...
**[03:52] Gi**
    Shichigen!
**[04:01] Gu**
    Joujin,
**[04:02] Gu**
    give me time.
**[04:05] Gu**
    I wish to think about this again.
**[04:11] Gu**
    Even now, you would reconsider?
**[04:16] Gu**
    Y-Yes.
**[04:19] Gu**
    Let's go, Hadaebou.
**[04:21] Gu**
    As you wish.
**[04:22] Gu**
    Then, I will simply...
**[04:28] Gu**
    take your life here.
**[04:31] Gu**
    What did you say?
**[04:34] Gu**
    What nonsense is this?
**[04:37] Gu**
    Didn't you want to take me to
    Edo, as master of this castle?
**[04:41] Gu**
    Indeed.
**[04:44] Gu**
    But you, yourself, are not to
    be master of this castle.
**[04:49] Gu**
    I'm not?
**[04:51] Gu**
    Th-Then who?
**[04:55] Gu**
    *I... I knew it.*
**[04:57] Gu**
    His name is Oda Kazusanosuke Nobunaga-sama.
**[05:05] Gu**
    *Impossible!*
**[05:10] Gu**
    Kouga Hachirou,
**[05:11] Gu**
    I heard you refused Yasha Itaru's offer.
**[05:16] Gu**
    You don't need to be so stubborn.
**[05:20] Gu**
    The winner of this battle is clear.
**[05:23] Gu**
    Come to the Murakumo. I will take you there.
**[05:28] Gu**
    I don't need you to take me!
**[05:30] Gu**
    I'm going to save Hibiki myself!
**[05:45] Gu**
    What are you going to do?
**[05:47] Gu**
    Tadanaga-sama, you're going to be our vessel.
**[05:54] Gu**
    Vessel?
**[05:56] Gu**
    This is not a jest.
**[06:00] Gu**
    To revive Nobunaga-sama,
    we require your body.
**[06:21] Gu**
    The body of a normal man will
    not suffice for the task.
**[06:26] Gu**
    We require the bloodline of a ruler,
**[06:28] Gu**
    a worthy bloodline for Nobunaga-sama.
**[06:32] Gu**
    You carry a ruler's blood in your veins.
**[06:37] Gu**
    You are of slightly poorer quality,
**[06:39] Gu**
    but that can't be helped.
**[06:42] Gu**
    None of the others we tried
    were so easily deceived.
**[06:50] Gu**
    Damn you...
**[06:55] Gu**
    Then, I don't require your permission.
**[06:58] Gu**
    I... I will leave this
    castle of my own will!
**[07:03] Gu**
    I'm not running...
**[07:05] Gu**
    I will work with my brother to kill you!
**[07:09] Gu**
    A wise decision.
**[07:12] Gu**
    I will hold them off.
**[07:24] Gu**
    D-Damn you.
**[07:27] Gu**

**[08:09] ---**
    What?
**[08:14] Gu**
    Now, your Spearing Eye will no longer work.
**[08:21] Gu**
    Hachirou, what is this?
**[08:31] Gu**
    I will close my eyes.
**[08:33] Gu**
    Do you think that means I can't see?
**[08:37] Gu**
    That is incorrect.
**[08:40] Gu**
    This Demon God lies within the space
    between the real and the unreal.
**[08:53] Gu**
    And by fusing with it,
    I have become the same.
**[08:57] Gu**
    I need not use my real eyes to see you.
**[09:21] Gu**
    Tadanaga-sama...
**[09:40] Gu**
    What... did I just do?
**[09:50] Gu**
    Hadaebou,
**[09:52] Gu**
    I'm sorry.
**[09:56] Gu**
    Prepare to die, Joujin!
**[10:12] Gu**
    What is that?
**[10:14] Gu**
    A fan.
**[10:18] Gu**
    For you to commit seppuku.
**[10:21] Gu**
    Simply beheading you would be far too sad.
**[10:26] Gu**
    But nor can we injure you.
**[10:32] Gu**
    Thus, the least we can do
**[10:35] Gu**
    is to allow you to use this fan,
    to die as a samurai.
**[10:56] Gu**
    Tadanaga-sama, die as a man.
**[11:13] Gu**
    *I...*
**[11:14] Gu**
    *I was such a fool!*
**[11:24] Gu**
    The forest.
**[11:25] Gu**
    Yes, unless the forest is moved,
    failure is impossible.
**[11:30] Gu**
    What?
**[11:32] Gu**
    Do you mock me?
**[11:35] Gu**
    A forest could not move!
**[11:39] Gu**
    Indeed, it is impossible.
**[11:41] Gu**
    And that is why I say that
    this rebellion cannot fail.
**[11:49] Gu**
    Suruga-sama...
**[11:52] Gu**
    Become a god!
**[11:57] Gu**
    At last... At last, we're going, yes?
**[12:02] Gu**
    To Edo.
**[12:05] Gu**
    To Chiyoda Castle.
**[12:07] Gu**
    Damn you, Joujin...
**[12:09] Gu**
    Even in death, I will not forget this hatred.
**[12:13] Gu**
    Even if you take my head,
**[12:15] Gu**
    my soul will remain within my flesh
    and bones, cursing you forever!
**[12:22] Gu**
    I am no mere puppet.
**[12:25] Gu**
    I am a descendant of
    the Divine Lord Ieyasu.
**[12:29] Gu**
    Even if you kill me, your plan will fail!
**[12:32] Gu**
    No, I will make it fail!
**[12:34] Gu**
    I will be avenged!
**[12:42] Gu**
    *Prepare to die, Joujin!*
**[12:44] Gu**
    *My name is Tokugawa Tadanaga!*
**[12:46] Gu**
    *I will never let you forget it!*
**[12:59] Gu**
    I know that
**[13:01] Gu**
    *autumn can be a painful thing,*
**[13:04] Gu**
    *but I shall never tire*
**[13:05] Gu**
    *of the sound of the bell crickets.*
**[13:46] Gu**
    What would you have me do?
**[13:48] Gu**
    Ignore him.
**[14:10] Gu**
    Suruga-sama...
**[14:19] Gu**
    Rest in peace.
**[14:34] Gu**
    Demon God!
**[15:08] Gu**
    You did it, Shichigen!
**[15:12] Gu**
    Not yet...
**[15:36] Gu**
    I underestimated you, huh?
**[15:37] Gu**
    Well done.
**[15:39] Gu**
    But prepare yourselves.
**[15:42] Gu**
    The Demon God is angry now.
**[16:32] Gu**
    What is that?
**[16:55] Gi**
    Gorone-dono!
**[16:57] Gi**
    Idiot!
**[18:31] Gi**
    *Well?*
**[18:33] Gu**
    *I've done as much work as ten men, haven't I?*
**[18:38] Gi**
    *Why... Why do something so reckless?*
**[18:42] Gi**
    *Didn't you hate bravery?*
**[18:46] Gu**
    *Hachirou, be true to your feelings.*
**[18:52] Gu**
    *All men die, someday.*
**[18:54] Gu**
    *Yes, that's right.*
**[18:57] Gu**
*    The next flowers can bloom*
*    only after these fall.*
**[19:02] Gu**
    *This is right.*
**[19:33] Gu**
    I've failed...
**[20:12] Gu**
    Everyone, listen to me.
**[20:21] Gu**
    I...
**[20:23] Gu**
    I want to save Hibiki.
**[20:26] Gu**
    It might be a trap.
**[20:28] Gu**
    No, it probably is a trap.
**[20:30] Gu**
    But I'm entering that castle, anyway!
**[20:38] Gu**
    You've finally admitted it.
**[20:42] Gu**
    There should be one more thing
    you have to say, though.
**[20:48] Gi**
    Yes, everyone's been waiting for
    the words of our leader...
**[20:59] Gu**
    Their destiny is to fall,
**[21:01] Gu**
    but the cherry blossoms always return.
**[21:05] Gu**
    So, everyone, like cherry blossoms,
**[21:09] Gu**
    I command you to fall!
**[21:44] Gu**
    Joujin!
**[21:46] Gu**
    Let me inside the Murakumo.
**[21:49] Gu**
    Kouga Hachirou is here!
***SIGN***    Preview
**[23:26] Gu**
    As long as Saizou's eyeball
    is on the ceiling,
**[23:29] Gu**
    you cannot beat me, ever.
**[23:34] Gu**
    Well, let's have some fun, everyone...
***SIGN***    100 Eyes See Their Destiny
**[23:38] Gu**
    Some fun.